[issue24196] Fail to create file if name starts with prn.
New submission from Boris:
f=open('prn.txt','w')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File pyshell#80, line 1, in module
f=open('prn.txt','w')
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'prn.txt'
Names that fail:
prn.
prn.txt
prn.yourmmama.txt
...
Names that do not fail:
prn
prn_.txt
npr.txt
...
Happens on Windows 7, Python3.3, both 32 bit and 64 bit
This should be easy to replicate.
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components: IO
messages: 243219
nosy: borisompol
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Fail to create file if name starts with prn.
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.3
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[issue24196] Fail to create file if name starts with prn.
Changes by Antoine Pitrou pit...@free.fr: -- nosy: +steve.dower ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue24196 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue24196] Fail to create file if name starts with prn.
Changes by Antoine Pitrou pit...@free.fr: -- stage: - resolved status: open - closed ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue24196 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue24196] Fail to create file if name starts with prn.
Martin Panter added the comment: I could be wrong, but I thought this was normal Windows behaviour, not related to Python. Same probably applies to other special names like NUL, COM1. -- components: +Windows nosy: +tim.golden, vadmium, zach.ware ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue24196 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue24196] Fail to create file if name starts with prn.
Steve Dower added the comment: It's a name reserved by Windows - see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247.aspx#file_and_directory_names If you have a full (and 100% resolved) path, you can prefix it with \\?\ (plus escaping) to access a file by that name, but I wouldn't recommend it as you'll probably break Explorer. In any case, this is an OS limitation and not a Python issue. -- resolution: - not a bug ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue24196 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
